"Our league prepared us for tonight," coach Brian Beebe said. "We could have folded but the kids played tough."

Midway through the fourth quarter Marissa Parker hit a three to put the Lady Trojans up 36-35.

The Lady Bulldogs led 20-13 at the half.

Sturgis cut their deficit to 33-28 entering the final eight minutes.

The fourth quarter was all Sturgis, as the outscored Vicksburg 17-5.

"We did a good job defensively and we got better on defense as the game went on," Beebe said. "Morgan Pueschel did a great job guarding their (Vicksburg) best player."

Rachel Anderson led with 24 points, nine rebounds and nine blocks.

Ariana George had 10 points, Parker added seven, Nicholette Nelson and Pueschel both had two.

Three Rivers dominated from the opening tip.

The Lady Cats led 15-8 after the first quarter and upped their lead to 33-17 at the intermission.

Three Rivers iced the game in the third quarter, outscoring the Lady Eddies 21-13.

Linsey Masnari led the Lady Cats with 18, followed by Teagan Reeves with 15 and Clautia Pou had seven.

Also for Three Rivers were, Nicki Bennett and Kimmy Sibert both with five, Bre Lester and JoAnna Hampsten each scored four, Holly Hines added three, Curstin Hollomon and Alicia Schmidtendorff both had two.

Reeves added eight rebounds and four blocks.

"Three Rivers is a good team, Reeves and Masnari are a couple good basketball players," Beebe said. "It will be a tough atmosphere to play. We just want to give ourselves a chance to win."